Abstract:

Arts festivals celebrate the world’s rich and diverse cultures, bringing together time-honored traditions and modern creativity in the form of dance, music, theater, film, photography, visual arts, crafts, and much else.Effective intellectual property management is an important consideration for arts festival organizers, to safeguard and promote their own interests and those of festival participants. WIPO is working with those involved in the organization of cultural events to develop and apply appropriate management strategies to deal with the various intellectual property issues that can arise before, during and after such events.WIPO’s Traditional Knowledge Division is particularly concerned with the protection of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, which are frequently represented and shared at festivals around the globe